Puff, the Magic Dragon’s Playground – Children's Creativity Center, Jigsaw Puzzles, and Games in the land called Honalee on the App Store Open iTunes to buy and download apps. Description It’s not just a song any more! Puff, the Magic Dragon’s Playground app brings the popular children’s song to life. This interactive app shares the tale of Puff, the Magic Dragon with games, puzzles, and painting! Join Puff, the Magic Dragon and his friends Jackie Paper, the Pirates, Mousaroo, Dolphin, and the Fairies! Create, paint, and draw with mixed-media collage tools in the Creation Cove Art Center; play with puzzles featuring pictures of Puff and your masterpieces created in the Art Center! Send your little one on a journey through The Castle of Concentration where Memory Games, featuring character art from the original Puff, the Magic Dragon storybook, sharpen memory and expand their attention! The Creation Cove Art Center includes dozens of simple-to-use, immersive painting, drawing, and collage tools where children can use coloring pages, textures, and stamps derived from the artwork from the original Puff, the Magic Dragon storybook. It also contains a full suite of drawing and painting tools.

Puzzle Plantation has jigsaw puzzle pages featuring images from the original Puff, the Magic Dragon storybook or images created in the Art Center. You can control difficulty, set the number of pieces, whether the pieces can be rotated, as well as special effects then track your level of improvement – a great tool for children! The Castle of Concentration includes a challenging Memory Card Game featuring character art from the original Puff, the Magic Dragon storybook and sound effects. A portion of revenues go to Operation Respect. Founded by Peter Yarrow, the organization disseminates educational resources that are designed to establish a climate that reduces the emotional and physical cruelty some children inflict upon each other by behaviors such as ridicule, bullying and-in extreme cases-violence.

Ages 4+ Puff, The Magic Dragon Lyrics - Peter, Paul & Mary Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honali Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff Oh, Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honali Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honali Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name Oh, Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honali Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honali A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys Painted wings and giant's rings make way for other toys One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more And Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar His head was bent in

 sorrow, green scales fell like rain Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave So Puff, that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave Oh, Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honali Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honali Puff the Magic Dragon - Microsoft Store Puff the Magic Dragon 2013 • 10 músicas • Infantil • Música Infantil • Children's Family Classics Comprar álbum R$ 11,00 MP3 Download de MP3 Quando você compra um álbum ou uma música, também pode baixá-lo no Android, no Windows 10, no Windows 8 e no Windows Phone 8.

Mais de Award Winning Children's Players mudcat.org: Lyr Req: Puff the Magic Dragon (various endings) Date: 06 Aug 01 - 05:13 PM The parodies here are really great and I love them!!! As to the additional verses though............ Peter responded with a yuchh and I would agree...at least for me. Forgetting the marijuana theorists (and I try to), this song is about the loss of innocence, specifically childhood innocence, but as we go through life we realize more and more that, as Thomas Wolfe said, you can't go home again. I guess that why it bothers me to add on a sweet ending, that the next generation will play with Puff, or whatever. It's okay if you like that sort of thing, but to me the song stands well alone and as it was. Yeah, it's become a bit of a joke and all, that's a shame...........It's a nice song about a something that's quite personal and most can relate to. I must be getting crankier as the years pass I guess. A few months ago I heard a group doing "Yellow Rose of Texas" in the now usual upbeat style.

I asked the lead singer afterwards why they did it that way ("Pretty much how everybody does it") and then if he had actually thought about the words or knew anything about the song's history ("No"). It's a ballad, almost a lament. We talked for awhile and though I'm sure they'll continue as is, the guy was at least interested. I'll just go over and sit with the other curmudgeons now................. Spaw From: M.Ted Date: 06 Aug 01 - 05:45 PM Did I mention that the melody that got attached to the poem in the typewriter turns out to be that wonderful old sentimental favorite, "My Mammy"?

Maybe in another thread-- I have been known to start out with PFTMD and switch to "Mammy!"--and then quell the angry cries by pointing out that our image of a "Mammy" is actually an embodiment of the African Goddess of the River--for some I don't perform as much as I used to-- And I agree with you Spaw, there is an amazing tendency to take anything old and turn it into a up-tempo number, generally a march, though often enough, a Dixieland number -one can imagine that this will eventually happen to Puff- I can just imagine the way that it might sound, as played by the Lawrence Welk Orchestra (yes, they're still out there!) or perhaps even as an intro on the old Merv Griffin Show-- From: GUEST,Betsy Wellings (bwellings.evisionsite.com) Date: 22 Sep 02 - 12:10 AM Well, this thread is probably pretty old. But this was what I was looking for. Nevertheless, as soon as I copied the new lyrics out, I changed Jackie's child to a girl.

I am the 48 year old mother of a 4-year old, and believe me, sexism still runs RAMPANT in children's books, movies, videos, U-name it. (Today she politely explained to me that "Mans are in rock and roll bands, and one lady.") Anyway, here goes, for those who will find it useful. (Another option is to make Jackie paper a girl in the first place, and have her child be a boy. The only lyrics you have to alter are the he/him pronouns and the line "A dragon lives forever, but not so little girls and boys...") PUFF, THE HAPPY ENDING From: Leadfingers Date: 22 Sep 02 - 11:56 AM RAF mate of mine did a rewrite in Singapore round about the time Lee Kwan Yu had a clamp down on drug orientated music. BBC World Service had to change the sig tune of their Folk Music programme(It WAS Walk Right In) and poor old Puff was on the banned list. This is Dave Kendricks sex and violence version.

Puff the magic dragon didn't have a mate Used to walk the streets at night, sometimes very late Then one day he met her, she was bloody rough He didn't know quite what to do that's why they called him puff Dragons arenï¿½t so common, magic ones are rare And quite soon of offspring Puff's mistress did despair But she was very cunning so everything she tried Including Swedish picture books so's he would have a guide Puff's not slow at learning what he does not know And pretty soon with some success the dragon had a go Then to that magic dragon came manhood with a rush So now you know why little Jackie Paper got the push. Circa 1970 if I remember right. From: Fred (Beetle) Bailey Date: 03 Dec 03 - 03:57 PM This parody, attributed to one Glen Seeds, showed up in a write-in column in Sing Out! during the mid-60's. (Primitive Mudcat?) Anyway, the more cynical of my buddies in a Vietnam Chinook battalion got plenty of laughs. Christ, the Magic Hebrew Christ, the magic Hebrew, lived by the sea, A medieval Superman in the land of Galilee.

A fisherman named Peter loved that prophet Christ And brought him pagans to convert and helped him stamp out vice. Together they would travel, not a penny to their name, But changing water into wine brought universal fame. Noble princes hated them and tried for liquidation, But that's OK; they can't decay; they have God's fluoridation. But one grey day the charm broke down. It seems so strange to tell. That God's almighty only son was a mortal after all. He dropped his cross in the big parade. It was his final fall. They nailed him to the top of it and shipped him off to hell. The sky grew dark in anger and boulders fell like rain. Lightning flashed, the mountains shook, and corpses walked again. Without their lifelong friend, the 12 could not be brave. They hid at home while Romans sealed him up inside a cave. But SuperChrist rolled the stone away and went back to his friends. He said farewell and took to wing. That's how the story ends. He sits up there in splendor, while down on earth below, All Christians fight over who is right and which to hell will go. Love thy fellow neighbor, unless he's another kind.

Don't let people think too much. Protect their tender minds. We know God's on our side, so let's kill the dirty Reds. Forgive us our hypocrisies so we can get ahead. Christians live forever, but heretics all die. Lead a life that's free from sin or down in hell you'll fry. Go to church each Sunday so everyone can see That you're an upright citizen of the Great Society. * Yeah, it's rough, but consider the time and place! And here we go again -- from Saigon to Baghdad! From: GUEST,Seonaid Date: 22 Jan 08 - 08:27 PM Was listening to the radio recently and heard several "Puff the Happy Ending" variants phoned in by listeners. Couldn't write them down while driving, but mostly rememberd one of them. So all you purists, just turn around for a minute and I'll offer this to those who want to add to their collections: Years went by, til one day a Puff walked by the strand, What should he discover there but footprints in the sand.

A little girl came running, saying, "Dragon, don't be sad -- My name is Janie Paper; I was sent here by my Dad!" Folk process, ya know. Date: 25 Jan 09 - 10:54 AM PUFF THE KOSHER DRAGON Puff the kosher dragon lived in Palestine, He frolicked in the synagogue and drank Shapiro's wine. Little Rabbi Goldberg loved that Kosher Puff, And fed him lox and matzo balls and other kosher stuff. CHORUS Then Puff became Bar Mitzvah, put on Tefillin every day Wrapped up in his Tallis, Oh! that's the way he prayed. Made Brochos before eating, Benched after every meal Imagine how religious it made that dragon feel. CHORUS Now Puff the kosher dragon found himself a bride Now little kosher dragons are his source of joy and pride. They'll grow up doing Mitzvos, learning Torah, Davening too With Rabbi Goldberg teaching them what Kosher Dragons do.

CHORUS There were some wicked people, who did things out of spite They cursed jews and attacked them, just to get into a fight when Puff The Dragon heard this, he roared his mighty roar and now those wicked people, aren't with us anymore CHORUS Oh, you who may be listening may think I'm making fun But deep down in this story is a moral for everyone. If Puff can wear Kippah, keep Torah and Kosher too, Then you can learn like Puff did how to be a real good Jew. CHORUS Date: 26 Jan 09 - 10:49 AM there is an amazing tendency to take anything old and turn it into a up-tempo number I had a frank exchange of views on another thread about that jolly old English thigh-slapper, Poverty Knock - "Poverty, poverty knock! Always one eye on the clock! I know I can guttle when I hear my shuttle Sing poverty, poverty knock!" Yes, it's a song about back-breaking toil for starvation wages, but it's a folk song! Cheer up!

It is the nature of magical creatures to be immortal, Lenny Lipton would agree ("Dragons live forever...") and it it the nature of nature to cycle. Eventually - but ageing and loss are universal experiences, and they're what this song is really about. A lot of our views of the song come back to the rather cheerful tune Peter Yarrow set it to - I wonder how different it would sound in a minor key. Date: 05 Sep 09 - 04:27 PM Hmmmm, thinking out loud here........... "A dragon lives forever... Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave..." So Puff is left to pine forever for his friend, the little boy who did not live forever. From that perspective, it seems cruel to offer Puff more children to befriend, children who will not live forever and for whom he will eventually pine as well. Sorrow upon sorrow!! If there's to be a happy "ending" for a dragon whose life never ends, I think it must have to do with his learning to be brave again even though his child-friend is gone. In other words, it needs to become a song about working through the mourning process and carrying on.

It would have a more bittersweet ending than the Jackie's-children one, admittedly, but certainly a less saccharine one... and something that kids could remember when one of their friends moves away or passes away. Sooooo, in this scenario, what happens to Puff to cause him to be brave enough to come out of his cave, regrow his scales, hold his head up and frolic in the autumn mist once again (and forever)??? Hmmmmmmmm....... let me see what I can come up with............... or, if anyone else has thoughts about this concept, bring 'em on! From: SharonA Date: 05 Sep 09 - 05:44 PM How 'bout this...... What if the pirates get word that Puff is no longer patrolling the seas with Jackie, raise their flags and return to invade Honah Lee? The noble kings and princes would be in danger (maybe they'd take refuge in Puff's cave?). Puff would need to gather his courage and drive off the pirates in Jackie's name (roaring Jackie's name instead of his own??).

Puff would have to employ Jackie's string and sealing wax somehow to tie up the pirates, imprint the sealing wax with the giant's ring, and deliver the pirates to the noble kings and princes. Only then would the song leave Puff to frolic in the mist forever, in his boat-with-billowed-sail, now christened the Jackie Paper.... (I'm channeling the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation here -- a campaign started by young cancer patient Alexandra Scott, who has since passed away. Her vision of raising money to cure all children with cancer has been carried on in her name by her loved ones, with no signs of stopping 5 years onward.) Now, it remains to convert this story to verse.......... Date: 05 Sep 09 - 11:10 PM I'm not sure I like this yet, but here's what I've got at present... One day, the noble princes and kings came to his den. They said, "The pirates have set sail for Honalee again! "We know you miss dear Jack, but for his homeland we must fight." So Puff fired up his courage and walked out into the light.

He roared at all those pirates, and it froze them in their tracks For, though the mighty voice was Puff's, the name they heard was Jack's! Puff sails the seas forever, protecting Honalee On the good ship Jackie Paper, in his good friend's memory. From: GUEST Date: 19 Feb 10 - 05:30 AM For a few years now I've been singing my own final verse, without ever thinking of trying to seek out additional verses written by others. After reading the rest on this thread, which is admittedly several months old now, I still prefer my own verse (below) Before I wrote my final verse, I used to sing it as I heard PPM perform it on a live recording, where they yell out "Present Tense!" and then repeat the chorus, LIVES by the sea... That was clearly their way of making it a happy ending... as if Puff got over it, and left his cave, so he still lives by the sea, and still frolics in the autumn mist...

But as SharonA mentioned above, I always felt it was a cruel ending for Puff to live alone forever in his cave, abandoned by his friend who grew up and stopped dreaming of him. I couldn't bear to keep telling the children (through the song) that they should grow up, like Jackie, and stop dreaming their childhood dreams, as if dreaming is reserved only for children. As catspaw47 said above, "this song is about the loss of innocence" but do we really LOSE our innocence as we age, or do we just FORGET it? And as a song about losing innocence - sung to children - what should we teach them? What do they learn from the song? The verses posted above about Jackie's child are cute, but I find them somewhat trite, and I dislike the reservation that only children are allowed to dream of Puff and play with him. I'm 31 and I still dream of dragons sometimes, and slip away to the magical lands of my imagination. I dislike that Jackie himself never returns to visit Puff in those verses: he only sends his child as an emissary. Why? Because he outgrew his imagination. And is that what we should teach our children through this song?

Grow up and leave childish things behind... Bah! No! Of course there is a place for that, I mean we can't cling too tightly to naive innocent fantasies as adults, but adult life also still has a place for imagination and dreams. Plus I considered that the adults in my audience were the ones who really paid attention to the lyrics, and thought about them. I don't think most of my child audiences really think about the song very much or what the story means - I certainly didn't until I was older - but it's my peer-aged friends who always ask me to sing it, and always listen to the words, and they even tend to praise me for remembering all the lyrics ... I think because I sing my own verse at the end, which they don't remember, because they only hear it from me, so they assume I remembered it (not that I wrote it myself) ... but I take it as a great compliment that my verse seems to fit that well that I have to tell them I wrote it myself. Anyway, I wanted to remind the adults in my audience to keep dreaming too, so I wrote my added "happy ending" verse as follows...

I'll tell you a secret If you listen close to me In each every one of us Is a bit of Jackie P. He'll fly on dragons' wings Forever 'til the end And every day he laughs and sings When he's with his best friend Ohhhh Still lives by the sea And frolics in the Autumn mist in a land called Honnilee Puff the magic dragon Still lives by the sea And frolics in the Autumn mist in a laaa-nnnd caaaaaaalled Hooon---niiii---leeeeee There once was a puffin just the shape of a muffin And he lived on an island in the deep blue sea And he ate little fishes that were most delicious And he had them for supper and he had them for tea. Spoken: There was that magic little puffin, but the name of Drag Now this little puffin, he couldn't play nothin' For he hadn't anybody to play with at all So he sat on his isle and he cried for awhile And he felt very little and he felt very small. Spoken: Poor Drag. His magic only made him live forever. There he was, all by himself.

But one evening, when he went down to fish for his tea-time snack, his problems were solved. These cute little fishes, they said "If you wishes You may have us for playmates instead of for tea" Now they all play together in all kinds of weather And Drag the magic puffin eats pancakes Like you and me. Drag the magic puffin wasn't just a bird; He also was a vampire, though I know it sounds absurd. He drank the blood of anything that seemed a trifle weak; He'd yellow fangs three inches long concealed inside his beak. A magic puffin's not the sort that you'll see every day; Its orange beak and golden plumes will scare most folk away. If you see the vampire type, it's pretty frightful luck; It sinks its fangs into your neck, goes errrrrgh! and starts to suck. Drag the magic puffin lived miles from the sea And frolicked deep in forests dark and lonely cemeteries; Little Jacky Viper loved that vampire, Drag, And brought him mice and voles to eat inside a picnic bag. Together they would travel in a souped-up V8 Hearse Seven gears and overdrive and three more in reverse.

Jacky did the driving; for miles and miles each night Till Drag would say "I'm hungry, lad, so let's stop for a bite." Just in case you're wondering, it simply isn't true That, asked if he liked children, Drag the Puffin said, "I do, But I couldn't manage a whole one." His answer to the question Was actually, "No. You see, they give me indigestion." How do puffins turn to vampires? In the case of Drag - He chatted up a cormorant, expecting just a shag. He didn't know she drank the blood of any foolish bloke Who thought that for a fish or two she'd let him have a poke. He offered her a haddock, saying "Darling, you have this." "How sweet!" she answered with a sigh, "Now you deserve a kiss!" Drag closed his eyes and pursed his beak, expecting just a peck; The next thing that he knew, she'd plunged her fangs into his neck. He felt his lifeblood draining as she almost sucked him dry, And then she laughed and said with relish, "Now you'll never die.

You'll sleep by day, grow fangs and through the night remain awake Till Buffy comes to find you with a mallet and a stake." "What's your plan, Drag," Jacky asked, "if Buffy comes for you?" "She's pretty fit," was Drag's reply, "So this is what I'll do: I'll lie in wait, then bare my fangs; my muscles I will flex And study every move she makes through magic x-ray specs!" One grey night it happened: Jacky Viper came no more, So Drag went out and found him dead; their friendship was no more. He took him to a taxidermist but hope for Jack was past So fondly Drag did have him stuffed and mounted under glass. His head was bent and twisted, the stuffing all fell out, Till putrefaction staled the air and drove the neighbours out. Without his lifelong friend, Drag could not be brave, So Drag that magic puffin sadly slipped into his grave. Drag the magic puffin lived miles from the sea And frolicked deep in forests dark and lonely cemeteries; Little Jacky Viper loved that vampire, Drag, And brought him mice and voles to eat inside a picnic bag.

Date: 21 Oct 10 - 07:13 AM The "Drag" offered by Trapper is very funny indeed. The times they have a-changed once more. A happy ending for the Puff song nowadays would be as follows: The dragon undergoes a therapy against his preference for little boys. He finds a dragoness of suitable age and religion, and they live happily ever after, and when they see a little boy, they hurry past him. For the Jewish Puff, I suggest the following heroic ending: A famine comes over the land, so Puff offers himself to be slaughtered to feed God's People. The Rabbi finds a clever solution to the problems of claws and chud etc., so Puff ends his life under the shochet's knife. Finally, he has become "Puff the kosher dragon". Unfortunately, I am not a poet. It's your turn, gifted 'catters! Date: 10 Sep 13 - 04:53 PM This version was popular in the RCAF.

Christ the magic hebrew lived by the sea, and taught us social protest in a land called Galleli, born a tax-deduction, with a star above his head, Christ the king of all the jews, had horseshit for a bed. Christ went to a party, everything was fine, when the host ran out of beer, Christ changed water into wine, the Palestine liquor control board, thought this was mighty nice, changing water into wine, without a change in price. Christ walked on the water far from the docks, Peter tried, and Peter died, He could not find the rocks. There was a Roman soldier, I think his name was Mike, He said, Christ won't you cross your legs, I only have one spike.

Lyrics for "Puff The Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul and Mary Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Little Jackie paper loved that rascal puff And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff oh Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail Jackie kept a lookout perched on puff's gigantic tail Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came Pirate ships would lower their flag when puff roared out his name oh Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee A dragon lives forever but not so little boys Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more And puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar His head was bent in sorrow

, green scales fell like rain Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane Without his life-long friend, puff could not be brave So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave oh Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called HonahleeWriter/s: LEONARD LIPTON, PETER YARROW Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

Amazon.com: Puff, the Magic Dragon (9781454901143): Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, Eric Puybaret: Books By tizzie44 on December 7, 2011 Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase It is stunning! Beautiful engineered. Loved the previous version without the pop-up and now this just makes it more fanciful and exciting. The pop-up really works well for these illustrations and it is more durable than most pop-ups I've seen. This is not a story based on the song, it is part of the actual lyrics. This book is about the visual impact and giving color and character to the song. The pop-ups are NOT interactive and this would be the only thing I could imagine would improve it. It comes with a CD. There are 4 tracks. 1) "Puff, the Magic Dragon" with vocals. It is a very nice duet with simple instrumentation. 2) "Froggy Went a Court'n". 3) "The Blue Tail Fly". 4) "Puff, the Magic Dragon" Instrumental- very pretty. Also comes with a Puff app.

I don't have a Smart Phone, so I have no comment. By Ima Rascal on October 7, 2016 Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase Great illustrated book and included CD to play the tune. Puff, the Magic Dragon is simply one of the most beloved songs of all time—a classic that’s become as much a part of the childhood experience as Mother Goose and fairy tales. Yet singer/songwriter Peter Yarrow and co-composer Lenny Lipton have never allowed a picture book adaptation of this magical tale…until now. With Yarrow’s and Lipton’s blessing, Puff, Jackie Paper, and the land of Honalee finally live on the page. The exquisite package includes a cloth case with a tipped-in illustration and an embossed jacket with foil touches, as well as an exclusive CD featuring not only Puff, but several other songs performed by Yarrow, his daughter Bethany, and cellist Rufus Cappadocia. This is a publishing event sure to attract broad attention and please Puff’s many fans.

In richly-hued paintings of the deepest sea blues and greens, Puff and his friend Jackie Paper frolic in the land of Honalee—traveling in a fantastic boat with billowed sails, climbing red castle stairs onto a balcony to meet with noble kings and princes, and watching pirate ships lower their flags for the roaring dragon. Artist Eric Puybaret has brought an entire magical world into being with enthralling landscapes, color, and characters. And everyone will love the way the art cleverly turns the song’s end, which at first seemed so sad, into a surprising and joyful moment. Best of all—this is only the first of many more collaborations with Peter Yarrow to come! Comment One person found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again By Raleigh Reader on July 18, 2013 Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase My 33 month old granddaughter absolutely loves this book. We read it over and over and the CD never stops playing in our car. She has almost learned all the lyrics and sings along each time.

The illustrations are beautiful and I especially like the fact that it offers a happy ending for Puff with his new friend. Altogether a great purchase! Comment 11 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again By jagjas on July 17, 2016 Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase The greatest disappointment is my personal bias - that this version is not the PP&M which I believe is a very upbeat one. The pro, is that is a slower softer singing/beat which is probably better for allowing time to turn pages as the book is read and appropriate for downtime/bedtime. The artwork is superb! The images are realistic enough to not be confusing to the very young and the execution of the watercolor images is awesure in the true sense of the word! The artist is very talented and has great vision for telling this story. Comment One person found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote.

Please try again By Amazon Customer on June 3, 2016 Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase If you want to indoctrinate your child into a treasured song from your own childhood, you can't go wrong with this combination storybook and CD! My 3-year-old is into dragons, so I ordered this book and we read it at least once a week. My son gets really sad when "Jackie Paper came no more." The book illustrations fix that situation, model friendship and hope in the process, and really help him enjoy the story. The song is now one of his top two favorites. We played it nearly non-stop for 3 weeks in the car and sing it at bedtime often. He likes phrases like "that rascal Puff" and "noble kings and princes." For my part, I enjoy knowing that Peter Yarrow's daughter accompanies him on the songs. She has a wonderful voice. His is showing his age, but that is part of the charm and it is a venerable voice. Comment Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote.

Please try again By Jessica Lawhun on December 4, 2014 Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase How do I begin to describe this book? Let me start with the reason that I purchased it. I grew up with the old Puff cartoon. It's nostalgia still rings true with me today. I wanted my nephew to have the same fondness for this story that I do. I initially went looking for the old cartoon on DVD but, sadly, it's not yet released. 2015 can't come soon enough for that item! Anyway, I came across this pop-up book and instantly fell in love! It's got all of the great scenes in here, and comes with a cd of the song, so you can follow along with both and enjoy it to it's fullest. If you are as nostalgic for this as I am then it will mean all the more to you. The reading level is a little high for my nephew as he is just shy of two years old. The pop-up portions, though, will no doubt capture his attention just fine. The colors are soft and inviting even for a very young child. I can't wait for him to enjoy this story as much as I have! Comment Was this review helpful to you?

Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again By JeninFlorida on February 16, 2015 Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase The book is beautiful, the illustrations are very nice, and 2 y/o girl loves it. She continues to ask for Puff at bedtime reading. As a side note, I didn't remember the story/song being so sad at the end, so we change the words on that page and don't read it that way. I cried the first time I read it, and may not have given it to her if I hadn't already given her the Puff stuffed animal. Comment 2 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again Puff's Playground - Android Apps on Google Play Puff's Playground ( 17) Description It’s not just a song any more! Puff, the Magic Dragon’s Playground app brings the popular children’s song to life. This interactive app expands the tale of Puff, the Magic Dragon with Painting, Games, and Puzzles It’s not just a song any more!

Puff, the Magic Dragon’s Playground app brings the popular children’s song to life. This interactive app shares the tale of Puff, the Magic Dragon with Painting, Puzzles and Games! Join Puff, the Magic Dragon and his friends Jackie Paper, the Pirates, Mousaroo, Dolphin, and the Fairies! Create, paint, and draw with mixed-media collage tools in the Creation Cove Art Center; play with puzzles featuring pictures of Puff and your masterpieces created in the Art Center! Send your little one on a journey through The Castle of Concentration where Memory Games, featuring character art from the original Puff, the Magic Dragon storybook, sharpen memory and expand their attention! PAINT - The Creation Cove Art Center includes dozens of simple-to-use, immersive painting, drawing, and collage tools where children can use coloring pages, textures, and stamps derived from the artwork from the original Puff, the Magic Dragon storybook. It also contains a full suite of drawing and painting tools. PUZZLES - Puzzle Plantation has jigsaw puzzle pages featuring images from the original Puff, the Magic Dragon storybook or images created in the Art Center.

You can control difficulty, set the number of pieces, whether the pieces can be rotated, as well as special effects then track your level of improvement – a great tool for children! SOLVE - The Castle of Concentration includes a challenging Memory Card Game featuring character art from the original Puff, the Magic Dragon storybook and sound effects. A portion of revenues will go to Operation Respect. Founded by Peter Yarrow, the organization disseminates educational resources that are designed to establish a climate that reduces the emotional and physical cruelty some children inflict upon each other by behaviors such as ridicule, bullying and-in extreme cases-violence. Ages 4+ Puff: Chapter Two Chapter Two On a boat with billowed sail, Jackie kept a lookout perched On Puff's gigantic tail. It really was a gigantic tail again. For once Puff left the confines of Jackie's bedroom, he returned to full dragon size. Jackie, riding tall in the tail, scanned the horizon and spotted another ship. "AHOY!" he shouted to the H.M.S. Bicycle, which was manned by a crew of living playing cards. "AHOY!" they shouted back, and all the picture cards bowed down.

Noble kings and princes Would bow whene'er they came, Pirate ships would low'r their flag When Puff roared out his name. "Pirates?" cried Jackie, terrified once more. He slid down Puff's tail and landed in the dragon's arms. "I don't want to see any pirates! Puff, I'm afraid . Take me home." Puff looked quite surprised. "Jackie, didn't you know? Once you set out for Honah Lee, there is no turning back. To find your way home, you must first find Honah lee." Suddenly there was a thundering sound, as if all the storms in creation had combined into one. A huge wave billowed under the boat, lifting it higher and higher. Then the wave seemed to turn in to a huge hand, the smallest finger of which was bigger than Jackie. The thunder turned into an earspliting peal of laughter, which rolled out of a gigantic mouth at the bottom of an enormous, ugly face that leered down at them with malicious fury. Jackie screamed, for he recognized the great giant pirate in his nightmare window-shade drawing. "GOTCHA!" roared the pirate.

"YOU'LL NEVER GET AWAY!" He was as tall as a skyscraper and as strong as a barrel of eathquakes, and he sloshed through the raging sea as if it were a schoolyard puddle. "Now that is a pirate!" said Puff. "I'M LONG JOHN! V-E-R-Y LONG JOHN BLACK AND BLUEBEARD KIDD," he chanted. "I'M BIGGER THAN BIG, AND HERE I REIGN. I'M THE MAIN SPANISH PIRATE OF THE SPANISH MAIN!" "He certainly is very long," said Puff. "SILENCE!" roared Very Long John as he brought the boat to an eerie, desolate island with a tall, angry-looking volcano in the centre, surrounded by many smaller mountains and cliffs. One of the cliffs had a large skull and crossbones painted on the side. the pirate placed the boat down and, glowered at Puff and Jackie, burst into thunderclaps of laughter once more. The awful sound hurled Jackie to the deck. He picked himself up and hid behind the dragon. "What are you going to do with us?" he shouted. "HAVE NO FEAR.

I WILL THINK OF SOMETHING - TERRIBLE!" roared the pirate. Jackie went tumbling again. He got to his feet and ran to the magic dragon. "What do we do now, Puff?" Puff smiled calmy. "He said it, Jackie. Have no fear." "I'm scared to have no fear." "Jackie, the first step in not being afraid is to see things as they really are. Watch!" He blew a magic ring of dragon smoke, which floated between Jackie and Very Long. The biy looked through the ring, and instead of a giant pirate, he saw a huge, friendly baker with a white apron and chef's hat. "Puff, you mean underneath al that pirate stuff, Very Long John Black and Bluebeard Kidd is just a baker at heart?" The dragon sucked back the smoke as if it were a strand of spaghetti, nodded yes, and said, "Take care of him, Jackie. Use your wits. You can do it." Jackie turned and walked across the deck until he faced the huge pirate, alone. Very Long laughed, picked the boy up with one hand, dropped him, then caught him with the other.

He roared, "WELL, LITTLE BOY, WHAT ARE YOUR LAST WORDS?" Jackie must have had a very brave thought, for instead of answering the pirate with words, he sang, "Can you bake a cherry pie, Very Long, Very Long? Can you bake a cherry pie, Very Long John?" The huge pirate was stunned for a moment. Then he rose tot eh challenge and sang back at Jackie, "I CAN BAKE A CHERRY PIE - QUICK AS A BAT CAN WINK ITS EYE! PUMPKIN, PEACH, AND HALF A DOZEN OTHERS!" Somehow Jackie sensed he had the upper hand. He relaxed a bit, and, leaning against the pirate's thumb, he said, "I don't believe you. You're a pretty good pirate. But a baker? Never!" Furious, Very Long tightened his hand about Jackie and roared again. jackie wondered if he had gone too far with the big felloe. "I WILL DESTROY YOU!" roared the pirate.

"BUT FIRST I WILL MAKE YOU EAT YOUR WORDS!" He dropped Jackie down on the deck, turned, and dashed back to the volcano at the centre of the island, opened a door in the crater, and proceeded to bake a great stack of steaming pies. Presently, he came back and placed the pies down on the deck next to Jackie and Puff. "EAT!" he commanded. And eat they did, all night long and well into the following day. Finally, when the last pie pan had been scraped clean, Puff looked up and said, "I adore eating my words, but your pies are ever so much better." "Best pies I ever tasted in my whole mouth," agreed Jackie. Very Long looked down at them and giggled with delight. "Really? I have never been so happy!" And then he began to cry great tears of joy, which poured down on Jackie and Puff like rain. Puff took out his umbrella. "Oh, if only I could be a friendly giant baker instead of an evil giant pirate. But no! My father was an evil giant pirate. All my family have been evil giant pirates! for generations!" "But you can always change," said Jackie. "Everyone can change.

Can't they, Puff?" "So I'm given to understand," said Puff, winking at Jackie. Jackie looked up at Very Long again. "Just make up your mind and do it! And you're so big you've just got to have lots of mind to make up~" The next day, Very Long John, dressed in his baker's suit, gently placed the boast into the water and, with a hearty breath from his great lungs, sent it sailing towards Honah Lee once more. He waved farwell to his friends and cried out joyfully, "I am a new man! No! I am an old man with a new heart! Thank you both! and Godspeed." Soon Very Long and his island were jsut a speck on the horizon to Jackie and Puff. they could hear him shouting a promise in the distance: "I'll send you a fruitcake next christmas." Puff the Magic Dragon and Marijuana : snopes.com Claim: The Peter, Paul & Mary tune "Puff, the Magic Dragon" is a coded song about marijuana. Status: False. Origins: No, "Puff, the Magic Dragon" is not about marijuana, or any other type of drug.

It is what its writers have always claimed it to be: a song about the innocence of childhood lost. The poem that formed the basis of the song "Puff, the Magic Dragon" was written in 1959 by Leonard Lipton, a nineteen-year-old Cornell student. Lipton was inspired by an Ogden Nash rhyme about a "Really-O Truly-O Dragon," and, using a dragon as the central figure, he came up with a poem about the end of childhood innocence. Lipton passed his work along to a friend, fellow Cornell student (and folk music enthusiast) Peter Yarrow, who put a melody to the words and wrote additional lyrics to create the song "Puff, the Magic Dragon." After Yarrow teamed up with Mary Travers and Paul Stookey in 1961 to form Peter, Paul & Mary, the trio performed the song in live shows; their 1962 recording of "Puff" reached #2 on the Billboard charts in early 1963.

The 1960s being what they were, however, any song based on oblique or allegorical lyrics was subject to reinterpretation as a "drug song," and so it was with "Puff." (For Peter, Paul & Mary, at least, the revelation that their song was "really" about marijuana came after the song had finished its chart run; other groups were not so fortunate, and accusations of "drug lyrics" caused some radio stations to ban songs such as the Byrds' "Eight Miles High" from their playlists.) "Puff" was an obvious name for a song about smoking pot; little Jackie Paper's surname referred to rolling papers; "autumn mist" was either clouds of marijuana smoke or a drug-induced state; the land of "Hanah Lee" was really the Hawaiian village of Hanalei, known for its particularly potent marijuana plants; and so on.

As Peter Yarrow has demonstrated in countless concert performances, any song — even "The Star-Spangled Banner" — can be interpreted as a "drug song." Here is what the people who created and popularized the song have said about it: Leonard Lipton (co-writer): ["Puff" is about] loss of innocence, and having to face an adult world. It's surely not about drugs. I can tell you that at Cornell in 1959, no one smoked grass. I find the fact that people interpret it as a drug song annoying. It would be insidious to propagandize about drugs in a song for little kids. Peter Yarrow (co-writer): As the principal writer of the song, I can assure you it's a song about innocence lost. It's easier to interpret "The Star-Spangled Banner" as a drug song than "Puff, the Magic Dragon." This is just a funny rumor that was promulgated by Newsweek magazine [who ran a cover story about covert drug messages in pop music]. There is no basis for it. It's inane at this point and really unfortunate, because even in Hong Kong it's not played because of the allegation it's about drugs.

But I assure you it's not. When 'Puff' was written, I was too innocent to know about drugs. What kind of a meanspirited SOB would write a children's song with a covert drug message? Mary Travers: Peter wrote the song in 1958 [sic], and it is not about marijuana. Believe me, if he wanted to write a song about marijuana, he would have written a song about marijuana. Last updated: 25 May 2007

Question: What island does Puff the Magic Dragon call home?
Answer: Honalee